SESSAY:Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.

"SESSAY, a parish in the wapentake of ALLERTONSHIRE,
North riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Hutton-Sessay and Sessay, and
containing 493 inhabitants, of which number, 364 are
in the township of Sessay, 6 miles W.N.W. from
Easingwold. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the
king's books at £17. 0. 2., and in the patronage of
Lord Viscount Downe. The church is dedicated to St.
Cuthbert."

"HUTTON SESSAY, a township in the parish of
SESSAY, wapentake of ALLERTONSHIRE, though locally
in that of Birdforth, North riding of the county of
YORK, 5 miles N.W. from Easingwold, containing
129 inhabitants."